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23rd September 2010

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1000 love songs I’ll never give you, and 5 I have (to be completed by my death).

So.. I’ve been compiling this list for a while now.  I’ve been pretty slack of late - it was on an old blog on my myspace so I forgot to update it.  So I’m moving it over here.  Suggestions are always welcome.. 

1. Perfect Day – Lou Reed

2. You and I Both – Jason Mraz

3. Delicate – Damien Rice

4. Two Headed Boy – Neutral Milk Hotel

5. The Blowers Daughter - Damien Rice

6. Modern Love - Bloc Party

7. I Still Remember – Bloc Party

8. True Love Waits - Radiohead

9. Desired Constellation – Bjork

10. Joga – Bjork

11. Sonnets - Bjork

12. Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins

13. Love Song – The Cure

14. Believer - Susanna and the Magical Orchestra

15. Samson – Regina Spektor

16. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley

17. Everlong – Foo Fighters

18. Gorecki – Lamb

19. Between The Bars – Elliot Smith

20. Alone with You – Sufjan Stevens

21. All of Me – Angus and Julia Stone

22. Colorblind – Dresden Dolls

23. Anna Begins – Counting Crows

24. My Funny Valentine – Nina Simone/Frank Sinatra

25. An Olive Grove Facing The Sea – Snow Patrol

26. Ask – The Smiths

27. The Dress Looks Nice – Sufjan Stevens

28. Pretty Things – Rufus Wainwright

29. I’ll Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab for Cutie

30. Us – Regina Spektor

31. Broken Wings – Mister Mister/ Repeat Offender

32. It Could Be Sweet – Portishead

33. Hurt – Nine Inch Nails / Johnny Cash

34. I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy – Antony and The Johnsons

35. Wonderwall – Oasis/ Ryan Adams

36. Lovers in a Dangerous Time – Bare Naked Ladies

37. This Years Love – David Gray

38. Passenger Seat - Death Cab for Cutie

39. A Case of You - Tori Amos / Joni Mitchell

40. On Your Side - Steven Childs

41. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead

42. Run - Snow Patrol

43. Heartbeats - The Knife / Jose Gonzalez

44. Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

45. (Are you) The One I’ve Been Waiting For - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

46. Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap

47.Viorar Vel Til Loftrasa - Sigur Ros

48. Samskyeti - Sigur Ros

49. Spiegel Im Spiegel - Arvo Part

50. Stinkfist - Tool

51. I Should Have Kissed You When I Had The Chance - Casiotones for the Painfully Alone

52. Sanvean - Dead Can Dance

53. I fell in love with a dead boy - Antony and The Johnsons

54. Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos

55. When I see you smile - Bic Runga

56.You Are Fading - The Editors

57. Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benetar

58. Roads - Portishead

59. Abacus - Fionn Regan

60. Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters and Collectors

61. Secret Smile - Semisonic

62. Make Love to Me Forever - Snow Patrol

63. Seeing other People - Belle and Sebastian

64. Such Great Heights - Postal Service/ Iron and Wine

65. Smile - Telepopmusick

66. Somersault - Decoder Ring

67. Pretty Things - Rufus Wainwright

68. Though You Are Gone Still I Often Walk With You - A Silver Mt. Zion

69. Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel

70. Please Please Please - The Smiths

71. My Sweet Prince - Placebo

72. Because I Want You - Placebo

73. You Never Wash Up After Yourself - Radiohead

74. Trouble - Coldplay

75. There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths

76. The Magic of Crashing Stars - TenderForever

77. Little stars - Stina Nordestam

78. They Weren’t There - Missy Higgins

79. In This Time - The Tea Party

80. Come Here Boy - Imogen Heap

81. Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple

82. The Luckiest - Ben Folds

83. Don’t Cry Out - Shiny Toy Guns

84. Fix You - Coldplay

85. Jolene - Susanna and The Magical Orchestra

86. Evelyn Evelyn - Evelyn Evelyn

87. Tone Poem - Fischerspooner

88. No Lies, Just Love - Bright Eyes

89. Oceans - Pearl Jam

90. What A Good Boy - Barenaked Ladies

91. Another Year - Amanda Palmer

92. I Want You - Elvis Costello

93. Where I Fall - The Reindeer Section

94. Your Sweet Voice - The Reindeer Section

95. Beautiful Boyz - Cocorosie and Antony

96. What a Good Boy - Barenaked Ladies

97. Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons

98. Back Together - Babybird

99. Attitude - Alien Ant Farm

100. Blame it on Me - Barenaked Ladies

101. Goodbye to Radio - Hawksley Workman

102. Gimme Danger - Iggy Pop and the Stooges

103. Uno - Muse

104. Pioneer to the Falls - Interpol

105. Come Back to Me - Iota

106. An End to Dreaming - Emma Dean and Jacob Diefenbach

107. Save Me - The Tea Party

108. Come on Balthasar - Placebo

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